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A 3.70×106 kg piece splits off an iceberg of mass of 5.96×107 kg. Calculate the mass of the remaining iceberg and express the answer in scientific notation.

Round each of the following number to two significant digits: 0.98029

Using significant digits, what is the difference between 103.5 and 102.24?

The world’s tallest man was Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall. There are 2.54 centimeters in an inch and 12 inches in a foot. How tall was Robert in meters?

A car moving with an initial velocity of 25 m/s north has a constant acceleration of 3 m/s2 South. After 6 seconds its velocity will be:

A football is kicked into the air at an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal. At the very top of the ball’s path, its velocity is _______.

An object is thrown straight up from ground level with a speed of 50 m/s. If g = 10 m/s2 its distance above ground level 1.0 s later is:  

Determine if the following statement about  displacement is TRUE or FALSE:A person makes a round-trip journey, finishing where s/he started. The displacement for the trip is 0 and the distance is some nonzero value.

How many significant digits does the number 15.00 have?

Consider the following five graphs (note the axes carefully). Which of these represents motion at constant speed?